Friday Sketchers Bunny

This is this week's Friday Sketchers 43:

Tanda Teaser 89 this week is 'all creatures great and small', so I think bunny will qualify! (Oooops - just looked on Tanda and discovered this was last week's teaser - ah well!)

Sadly, this week sees the last challenge on Arty Girlz, which is 'stamping', so I'm linking there for the last time.

Papers are PM and the stamped image coloured with copics. Glitzy eggs are from Poundland.

Willow Sketchie Challenge

I thought I'd have a go at the Willow Sketchie Challenge 5/3/09. This is Katy's sketch:
'Katy's little twist this week.....let me see some dotty and stripes on your cards.'

This is the first time I've taken part in this and I bought the snowman download and used that, including the dots and just added a couple of pieces of matching stripey paper at the top and bottom:

Ready, Steady, Cook! with orange!

The theme on DCM this week is 'Ready, Steady, Cook!' Kathy said:

'Here are your ingredients:3 different papersAt least one piece of chipboardAt least 1 buttonAt least 1 piece of ribbonoptional: 1 extra item/element of your choice.'

As Kathy had set the challenge, I thought I'd use one of her sketches from her Kathy's Waffle Sketch File blog, so I chose No. 4 'lines and layers' (although I have to confess that I cheated a bit to accommodate the image): My three pieces of paper were American Crafts the goods 'awesome', BG (not sure which) and a piece of recycled envelope lining. I included the other necessary ingredients: ribbon, button and chipboard and my addition was the stamped image.

I kept to the main colour of orange for this week's Theme Thursday.

Going green again

I've done another card for 365 'going green', but this time I've incorporated it into other challenges, including Kaboodle 4, which is a sketch by Andrea:

All the materials once again are recycled, so they fit nicely for Betty's Rendevous Monday challenge on Cuttlebug to think green and recycle.

The main card is from packaging, the stamped card was also from packaging, stamped with part of a Dawn Bibby stamp with deep green chalk ink, which was also swiped over the square that had been cuttlebug embossed (a better view of the embossing if you click on the picture). Once again the ribbon had been rescued from packaging, the small rectangle on the left from the back of an envelope and the middle dark panel from a swatch card.

As Ive used some stamping, I'm also linking for Stamp Something challenge this week, which is 'something green'.

I'm also showing this card on Scrapstars for the Irish challenge.

Going green

Today's 365 challenge 18 is 'going green'.

I've gone green in two ways - firstly, the colour green dominates my card; secondly, everything on the card is 'green' in that it is recycled. The cat images were cut from a card I received, the main background was the inside of an envelope, the scalloped strip down the lefthand side was cut from a bag that a flower arrangement came in and the ribbon was rescued from packaging.

Sorry I missed your birthday

This week's Dutch Dare challenge 39 is 'sorry I forgot ...'

For this I used Tamara's card sketch 86: Papers are all K & Co Hannah (button sare die cut):

Another one for Ooh-la-la's 30: buttons and brads.

Tracy's Turquoise Recipe Competition

This card is for Tracy's recipe competition on CBC:

'I want you to make something using the recipe below, it can be a card or scrapbook page or something altered anything you wish Flowers Ribbons Buttons The colour Turquoise You can have any other colours but we must be able to see turquoise.'

Tracy is one of CBC's sponsors - her online shop is Creative Treasures.

I don't know what the background paper is. The blooms are various and the ribbon was, I think, obtained in a swap on Bubbly Funk.

The sentiment stamp is by Debbi Moore and it was inked with chalk blue iris and embossed with clear detail.

The buttons are brads.

As this card uses brads that are buttons (or buttons that are brads) it's just right for Ooh-la-la's 30 buttons and brads.

Cute Card Thursday 51: Celebration

It's Cute Card Thursday's Birthday this week and so challenge 51 is 'celebration', with this lovely sketch:

I thought this card would be good for an engagement or anniversary. The patterned square is DCWV Pocket full of posies (using up another bit from the offcuts box) and the image on the tag is another glittered rub on. The lilac circle has been debossed using a cuttlebug folder.

Spring green

Still in a spring mood, this card is for the Cuttlebug Be Inspired 22 challenge 'Your Challenge this week is to use Glitter with a stamping image and off course Cuttlebug :)'

I used the double embossing technique that you can find on the Cuttlebug blog -Joy suggested running the embossing folder through to emboss and deboss the same piece of card - I did this and then swiped ink pads gently over the area. The Happy Birthday is inked and the Whispers ivy stamped with Brilliance pearlescent ivy (couldn't be better) and softly coloured with a water brush with the ink pad and then topped the veins with stickles, mounted on to an small HOTP offcut (still trying to use up offcuts rather than cut into fresh papers).

This is also good for a couple of stamping challenges this week that call for something green: Wednesday Stamper and Stamp Something.

Easter daises, buttons and bows

Today's 365 challenge is 'buttons and bows'

I've incorporated this into a few other challenges:

Crafty Muse 'change of season' - I hope the card is 'springlike' enough!

My Time to Craft challenge 53: 'nature' - not just the daisies, but the butterflies.

Ooh-la-la 30: 'buttons and brads' - well, there's the buttons (perhaps another card later with the brads!).

And last, but not least, Mixed Media Monday 'spring colours'.

There are many 'springlike' challenges around atm - and even the weather is coming out to play!

The background paper is K & Co (the last of that sheet now, except for a small scrap which will be used somewhere, I'm sure). The butterflies are Sizzix die cuts and the bows are raffia.

Smiling sketch

This is Sue's sketch for challenge 14 of the CBC Birthday Bash:

I've included a glittery rub on of a smiling girl, as the topic on Arty Girlz challenge 76 this week is 'smile'.

I'm also linking for the 'flowers' challenge on Theme Thursday - the other cards I've made today would also fit the bill for this one.



The main paper is another offcut of DCWV Pocket full of posies, with smaller offcuts of Anna Griffin and HOTP. The spirally bits are rafia.

Gift bags

I put together some gift bags for my sale on Saturday - forgot to show them - although quite honestly there wasn't much crafting involved - just folding and sticking together the right bits. I bought a couple of books of ready templates for bags by K & Co in one of those mad moments when I thought they would be useful for times like this, but tbh they were so fiddly, I'd rather have made my own from scratch - ah well, we live and learn!

And this is one that I've put together for Sue's Birthday Bash challenge 12 on CBC (at least with this one I added a few bits to it!)

Rays of sunshine

For ages now I've been meaning to play along with the CBCC081 template:

So here it it as last - a card that is just right for today's 365 cards challenge 16: imagine this 'sunshine'. I hope the card is sunny enough!

The paper with big daisies is K & Co, the others are unknown offcuts (think the roses at the bottom are HOTP) - I've cut the big bloom on the corner.

CBC Birthday Bash challenge 19

A few weeks ago I found some instructions to make a squash book, but only got as far as cutting and folding some copy paper to see how it went.

Over on CBC as part of the Birthday Bash celebrations, Jackie has given the instructions for a squash book for challenge 19. Jackie's instructions are so clear that it was fairly easy to make.

Mine is for Mum for Sunday - she always likes it referred to as 'Mothering Sunday' rather than 'Mother's Day' so I usually try to remember this. She loves violets - they remind her of her mum whose name was Violet (mum used to give her mum a little bunch of violets).

The card I've used is DCWV textured and the stamping has been done with Brilliance pearlescent purple and embossed with clear detail. Unfortunately, the stamping on the darker purple card doesn't show up here too well, but is better irl. The stamps are Dawn Bibby design Personal Impressions.

Front:

Back:

Inside:

Insideleft:

Inside middle:

Inside right:

Thank you, Jackie, for a great challenge with such clear instructions.

There are so many flowers on this that I'm also linking for Theme Thursday.

Sketch & Stash 5

This is sketch 5 on Sketch & Stash: The pad of K & Co Roam papers that these came from has been in a box waiting to be used for ages - couldn't get any ideas how to use them - but just right for this sketch and photo:

Forever Friends: sketch

This week's challenge on FF was a sketch:


The background paper is HOTP. I swung the sketch round:


Yet another 'one for the guys' (Charisma Cardz)

Sport report

This is Laura's sketch 21 on 2 sketches 4 you this week:

I've made a card that fits another couple of challenges - another one for Charisma Cardz 10: 'one for the guys' and also Awfully Big Art Adventure: 'newsprint'.

I've used part of an article written pre the England rugby win today. The 'grassy' background paper is Kanban, the rugby paper is Jolly Nation:

365 day 15: super sketchy Sunday

Today on 365 cards is challenge 15: super Sunday sketch: I'm also linking this card for Charisma Cardz challenge 10: one for the guys.

And also for Sue's Birthday Bash challenge 18 on CBC, which is to use scallops.

The background paper is actually called Snow !! (mogals) by Wubie Prints, but I thought (hoped) it looks enough like sea to use on this card.

Another mother's day card

This time the card is using Jackie's sketch on Dewdrop Craftz which is the first of fortnightly challenges (just scraping in at the last minute!): My card is also for Rosie's challenge 25, to make a card for a special lady in your life.

The turquoise papers are DCWV Pocket full of posies and the pink ones are various offcuts. The image is another glittered rub on (irl the turquoise glittering shows up much more than here - better view if you click on the picture).


And it's another one for CBCC089 on CBC, also for this week's Lili of the valley challenge.

Seven green and blue gems

This weekend is a special one on CBC, because the forum was seven years old on Thursday 12 March. Sue has arranged a series of birthday bash challenges. This is the first opportunity I've had to make anything for these, so this is a birthday card for challenge 1: 'I need a BIRTHDAY CARD with 7 items the same on there – happy for them to vary in colour BUT the item MUST be the same.'

So I've chosen gems as my seven items - six blue and one green.

The overall theme of the card is green and blue combo, fitting with this week's challenge on Createdbyhand.

The image is a glittered rub on - this is for My Time to Craft challenge 52: Woman!

The main paper is K & Co Addison, which itself is glittered, although the photo doesn't pick that up.

I just used a craft knife to cut into the swirl to slot in the image.

This is also good for Inspire Me Thursday swirl challenge this week, as the cut into swirl is quite a feature of the card.

365 day 14: DIY

Today's challenge on 365 is DIY: make a flower embellishment out of paper.

I've seen hand torn flowers before, but never tried to make one, but took the plunge. I roughly tore 'circles' and randomly cut into them around the edges - you can see what I've done much better if you click on the picture. Considering it was a first attempt, I'm fairly pleased with the way my flower has turned out. I was going to cut flowers on the cricut, but I thought that was cheating.

The pink spotted paper is Anna Griffin and the dark paper is HOTP.